"Fred Choate" wrote:
Right....which is something that I didn't really think about until
yesterday, and it is something that should be touched on my local
instructors.

Isn't that "Situational Awareness"?
Some bodies of water may = seaplanes.

But I agree, never hurts to be reminded. Even though symbols appear on
sectionals for gliderports, I've been surprised to learn that many CFIs
don't realize that some glider operations do not use radios, so while
visual scanning anywhere is always a given, you can't always count on
them announcing their presence/positions.